[Rembrandt by Mortimer Menpes]@TWC D-Link bookRembrandt CHAPTER III 9/12
The difference will astonish you. It's candle-light to sunlight, satinette to the finest silk." "But where can I see the originals? I don't know any millionaires." "Nothing easier! Go to the Print Room of the British Museum or to the Ionides Collection." A day or two later the enthusiast, carrying under his arm the roll of four Rembrandt's etchings that he had purchased for fourteen shillings and sixpence, ascended the stairs of the British Museum, and timidly opened the door marked, "Print Room.
Students only." His reception agreeably surprised him.
He, an obscure person, was treated as if he were a M.Michel.An obliging boy requested him to hang his hat and coat upon a peg, and to sign his name in a book.
An obliging youth waved him to a noble desk running at a right angle to a noble window, and begged him to indicate his needs upon a slip of paper.
He inscribed the printed form with the words--"Rembrandt's Etchings and Drawings." The obliging youth scanned the document and said--"Which do you wish to see? There are many portfolios.
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